We provide the full range of development and transport planning services to local authorities. Our team supports them with development control, planning applications, funding bids, masterplanning, transport assessment and travel plans. We have also worked to inform policy and funding decisions from parking standards and Transport Strategies to town centre investment; providing robust evidence and reporting to stand up to scrutiny.
In the southern region we are currently working with Brighton & Hove City Council, Kent County Council, Swale Borough Council, Crawley Council, Medway Council, Windsor & Maidenhead and Adur & Worthing Councils. We have offices across the country, providing our expertise from Brighton in the south to Edinburgh in the north.
With our extensive experience, we fully understand the transport development and planning needs of local authorities. Our focus is helping council’s meet their statutory obligations and react quickly to changing policy and funding opportunities.
Development Control
We can tailor our support to suit your specific needs, on an ongoing basis or for specific individual planning applications. We act for the council and provide the following services:
Planning Applications
By all means, we help authorities to unlock difficult sites, developing solutions in accord with policy and that will work for future users and occupiers. Our multidisciplinary team can coordinate and submit planning applications on behalf of our clients. We have done this for highways projects, housing sites and commercial developments.
Coordination of Council Applications | We can act on behalf of Council’s to ensure planning applications meet the required standards and all supporting information is provided either by ourselves or other members of the design team. We will liaise with the case officer in formal pre-app meetings as required to agree the scope of supporting information and build a positive relationship |
Coordination of specialist sub-consultants | We provide specifications, obtain fee estimates and coordinate input of specialists when needed |
Preparation of supporting documents | We can prepare Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Equalities Impact Assessments |
Submission of planning application | We compile all necessary information and upload to the planning portal, ensuring all statutory documents are provided. We will also liaise with Council officers throughout the determination and respond to any requests for information |
Site allocations for local plans | We can work at a strategic level to promote development sites for inclusion in local plans, providing all transport and highways related evidence to support the promotion of development sites |
Transport Assessment & Travel Planning
We support local authorities in the development of their sites, from masterplan, through design development and planning stages. In addition of that, we then carry out Travel Plan coordinator role to help sustainable travel associated with the development for years to come.
Policy development and funding bids for sustainable transport
Our expertise has been used to inform future policies, providing evidence bases for parking standards and the development of borough wide Transport Strategies.
Our team put together successful funding bids across the spectrum. We react quickly and advise councils on new opportunities. Some of these are particularly relevant such as the Emergency Active Travel and Levelling Up Funds.